 Under net metering rules in many states, private solar customers can sell excess power they produce back to the grid at what is known as the "retail price," which is more than the utilities pay for the energy itself from energy producers.Utilities argue that this practice is unfair to homeowners who do not want or can't afford their own solar panels.In August 2018, EEI announced that it was launching an environmental, social, governance, and sustainability-related (ESG/sustainability) reporting template to help both consumers and the financial sector, the latter with "more uniform and consistent ESG/sustainability data and information."